Doval Reveals Details of India's Operation Sindoor
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India's National Security Adviser (NSA) Ajit Doval has revealed new details about a military action called Operation Sindoor.
According to Doval, Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave a strong and clear order to India's forces. Modi told them to find terrorists no matter where they were hiding — 'on the ground, in the sky, or underground.'
Doval explained how the operation began. It started after a terror attack took place in Pahalgam.
After the Pahalgam attack, India began working to identify its targets. Doval described the process India used to decide which targets to choose.
This report gives one of the most detailed accounts so far of how the operation was planned and carried out. Doval spoke about the full strategy behind Operation Sindoor.
The details come from a report published by an Indian news outlet, which shared Doval's comments about the mission's background and purpose.
While the summary does not give further specific numbers or names, it shows that Indian leadership acted with clear determination after the Pahalgam attack.
Doval's statement suggests that Operation Sindoor was a carefully planned response, guided directly by instructions from the Prime Minister himself.
Vocabulary10 words
- NSA
- a top government job; gives advice on national safety
- Narendra Modi
- the current leader of India's government
- order
- an official command to act
- Pahalgam
- a place in India; site of a terror attack
- targets
- people or places chosen for an action
- strategy
- a big; careful plan to reach a goal
- determination
- strong will to do something fully
- operation
- a planned military or security action
- reveal
- to share information that was secret before
- terrorist
- someone who uses violence to create fear
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Answer key
1. PM Narendra Modi 2. A terror attack in Pahalgam 3. True
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India's National Security Adviser (NSA) Ajit Doval has revealed new details about a military action called Operation _____.
According to Doval, Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave a strong and clear _____ to India's forces.
Modi told them to find _____ no matter where they were hiding.
Doval explained how the operation _____.
It started after a terror _____ took place in Pahalgam.
After the Pahalgam attack, India began working to identify its _____.
Doval described the process India used to decide which _____ to choose.
This report gives one of the most detailed accounts so far of how the operation was _____ and carried out.
Doval spoke about the full _____ behind Operation Sindoor.
Doval's statement suggests that Operation Sindoor was a carefully planned _____.